Day of Execution: Man in a Suitcase: Classic British Television Drama Volume 2

Rodney Marshall

ISBN 10: 1791704840 / ISBN 13: 9781791704841

Published by Independently published, 2019

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153 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.39 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Day of Execution: Man in a Suitcase: Classic British Television Drama Volume 2
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1791704840
• ISBN 13: 9781791704841
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.24 kilograms

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Synopsis

Television drama rarely receives the analytical attention paid to a landmark painting, sculpture, play, poem or film, frequently marginalised as a piece of fleeting popular culture rather than ‘a more lasting art form’. The disappearance of many 1950s and 1960s TV dramas – the videotape wiped and re-used – seems merely to confirm its temporary status. The emergence of television studies has helped to question this mind-set. Innovative television drama can rival any field of the arts in terms of material worthy of critical exploration. This series of books focuses on ‘outstanding’ examples of British television dramas, centring on a single episode in an attempt to explain what makes both the episode in particular, and the series in general, remarkable. The social context, script, characters sets/locations, music, and direction are all focal points. This Classic British Television Drama (CBTD) series of books continues with an exploration of Man in a Suitcase’s episode Day of Execution. Elements of Cold War espionage, American gumshoe, British thriller and ‘Swinging’ London combine in a series which is hard to define and was, arguably, ahead of its time.